in
every sentence except one, _house, modesty, book, hat, pen, him_,
the third _what_ and _which_, the relative part of the first _two
whats_, are all in the _objective_ case, and governed by the several
verbs that follow them. See RULE 16, and NOTE 1. _Tree_ is nom.
after is, according to RULE 21. Thing, the antecedent part of
_whatever_, is nom. to "fortifies;" _which_, the relative part, is
nom. to "purifies." _Nothing_ is governed by _do_, and _poem_, by
_have_, understood. _Henry_ is nominative to _does_, understood.
_Whose_ and _John's_ are governed according to RULE 12. _I, thou,
you, him_, &c. represent nouns understood. _Him_, in the last
sentence but five, is governed by _declare_, and _I_ is nominative
to _declare. George_ and _Eliza_ are in the nominative case
independent: Rule 5. "_Whatever_ science," &c. is equivalent to,
_that_ science _which_ suits your taste;--"_whichever_ pattern;"
i.e. _that_ pattern _which_ pleases you best. _Whoever_ is a
compound relative; _he_, the antecedent part, is nominative to "will
behold." _Take_ agrees with _you_ understood. _Forsake_ is in the
infinitive mood after "see:" Rule 25.

REMARKS ON RELATIVE PRONOUNS.

_Which_ sometimes relates to a member of a sentence, or to a whole
sentence, for its antecedent: as, "We are required to fear God and keep
his commandments, _which_ is the whole duty of man." What is the whole
duty of man? "To fear God and keep his commandments:" therefore, this
phrase is the antecedent to _which_.

The conjunction _as_, when it follows _such, many_, or _same_, is
frequently denominated a relative pronoun; as, "I am pleased with _such
as_ have a refined taste;" that is, with _those who_, or _them who
have_, &c. "Let _such as_ presume to advise others, look well to their
own conduct;" that is, Let _those_, or _them who_ presume, &c. "_As many
as_ were ordained to eternal life, believed;" that is, _they, those_, or
_all who_ were ordained, believed. "He exhibited the _same_ testimonials
_as_ were adduced on a former occasion;" that is, _those_ testimonials
_which_ were adduced, &c. But, in examples like these, if we supply the
ellipsis which a critical analysis requires us to do, _as_ will be found
to be a conjunction; thus, "I am pleased with _such persons, as those
persons are who_ have a refined taste; Let _such persons, as those
persons are who_ presume," &c.

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